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Agile Initiative Science-to-Policy Project Fund
With additional funding from NERC, the Agile Initiative Science-to-Policy Project Fund will award 4-5 grants of £20,000-£30,000 to researchers at the University of Oxford. These projects must focus on topics that are relevant to Agile’s mission and the NERC forward look for environmental science.
19 November 2025 -
Rainforests, nature and biodiversity at COP30
Agile is at COP30 in Brazil represented by Dr Erika Berenguer, Dr Aline Sotteroni and Professor Nathalie Seddon.
14 November 2025 -
Connecting practitioners and researchers
This event brought researchers into conversation with practitioners to discuss emerging findings from several Agile Sprints and their practical implications for farming and nature recovery.
8 October 2025
Explore sprints
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How can we assess the macroeconomic and inequality impacts of Carbon Budgets?
This Sprint will be working directly with DESNZ in advance of the Seventh Carbon Budget, and aims to develop new modelling approaches to fill macroeconomic and distributional analysis evidence gaps.
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How can curriculum designers provide better Net Zero education for the next generation?
This Sprint will bring together Oxford’s interdisciplinary expertise with the insights of practitioners, policymakers and young people to deliver the Oxford Net Zero Education Framework.
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How can we deliver effective, equitable and place-based environmental governance?
This Sprint will offer insights to strengthen environmental governance and support both national and global sustainability targets.
Outputs
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A pragmatic framework for local operationalisation of national-level biodiversity impact mitigation commitments
MoreIn this pre-print, the authors present a new practical framework for delivering a biodiversity mitigation strategy that achieves multiple societal objectives whilst being applicable at the scale of an individual project.
Associated Sprint: How do we account for biodiversity?
Associated SDGs: 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 14 Life below water, 15 Life on land
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Achieving the Finance targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework: a scenario approach for the United Kingdom
MoreIn this report, the authors aim to assess the impact of privately UK-financed activities (UK supply chains, overseas financing and foreign direct investment) on biodiversity and the potential impacts of interventions to align the UK’s international finance flows with the GBF.
Associated Sprint: How can the UK implement the Global Biodiversity Framework’s finance goals?
Associated SDGs: 12 Responsible consumption and production, 13 Climate action, 15 Life on land, 8 Decent work and economic growth
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How Institutional Models Shape Inclusion and Collaboration in Biodiversity Markets
MorePRE-PRINT
Associated Sprint: How can the UK implement the Global Biodiversity Framework’s finance goals?
Associated SDGs: 12 Responsible consumption and production, 13 Climate action, 15 Life on land, 8 Decent work and economic growth
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Record burning of Amazonian flooded forests
MoreThis policy brief (available in English and Portugues) provides a detailed examination of the surge in fires affecting Amazonian flooded forests
Associated Sprint: How can we fireproof the Amazon?
Associated SDGs: 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 13 Climate action, 15 Life on land
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